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2,000-year-old headless statue found in Greece near trash cans, police now investigating
A 32-year-old local found the statue on Jan. 18 in the Greek port city of Thessaloniki ... which covers the time between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the conquest of Egypt ...
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2,000-year-old Greek statue found abandoned in garbage bag
A resident discovered the 80-centimeter (31-inch) headless statue beside a trash bin in Neoi Epivates, outside Greece’s second ... the conquests of Alexander the Great. The statue was sent ...
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Did Alexander the Great Refuse to Build the Eighth Wonder of the Ancient World?
Alexander the Great is said to have rejected a colossal Mount Athos project that could have been the eighth wonder of the ...
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An Ancient Headless Statue Is Found Amid Trash in Greece
By Christine Hauser On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man ... that the statue was believed to date from the Hellenistic period, after the death of Alexander the Great, from 323 ...
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2,000-year-old Greek marble statue found discarded in the trash, police say
The sculpture dates back to the Hellenistic period between 323 B.C. and 31 B.C. Authorities in Greece are investigating ... is marked by the death of Alexander the Great and the conquest of ...
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Was Alexander the Great eaten by sharks? Inside the wild theories for what happened to the iconic ruler's body.
Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general who was Alexander's close friend ... 2006). Related: 2nd-century Alexander the Great statue with lion's-mane hairstyle unearthed in Turkey It was still ...
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Descendant of Indian King Porus Discusses Alexander the Great and Greece
A descendant of King Porus, a colossus from ancient Indian history opens up about Alexander the Great and ancient and modern ...
New York Post26d
2,000-year-old statue found abandoned in garbage bag in Greece
THESSALONIKI, Greece — A marble statue of a woman ... of art and culture following the conquests of Alexander the Great. The statue was sent for further examination by archaeologists.
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A 2,000-year-old statue is found abandoned in a garbage bag in Greece
THESSALONIKI, Greece — A marble statue of a woman ... of art and culture following the conquests of Alexander the Great. The statue was sent for further examination by archaeologists.
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2,000-year-old statue found in rubbish bag in Greece
A more than 2,000-year-old marble statue of a woman has been found discarded in a rubbish bag near Thessaloniki, Greece ... cultural growth following Alexander the Great's conquests.